KipKay in the New York Times

Learning how to turn a flashlight into a laser is not a top priority for most people. Yet Kip Kedersha's step-by-step instructional video that teaches how to do just that has been seen online by more people (1.88 million) than live in Manhattan (about 1.6 million).

Mr. Kedersha's online library of 94 videos includes tips on how to chill a Coke in two minutes, simulate a gunshot wound and start up a PC quickly.

Did you make this instructable?

There have been numerous articles about the DIY lately in the New York Times (2), but I was surprised neither one mentioned Instructables, even though none of the other sites were as well developed. But the others were about how-to videos, so I guess that's why.

One way to do this is to not have useless or rarely used programs starting at boot time...if you trim it down to like 5 or less really necessary things, you would be surprised at how fast it shuts down and comes back up, especially after signon.

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